Gabatron Morning Briefing – 5-24-16: Choose Your Own Outrage

The West Point graduation is getting more attention than usual, but probably not for a reason the Army would prefer. A graduate was spotted on video apparently texting during the post-graduation march. Veterans are furious, and naturally registering their disgust on the Internet for all the world to see. Are you more concerned by the fact that texting during the graduation ceremony could be considered disrespectful or the fact that kids these days have such short attention spans couldn’t even get through the graduation ceremony?

According to a new poll, 85% of people are solidly against self-driving cars. They like to control where they are going. But every car company is working on some sort of autonomous driving system, and Tesla already has self-driving cars on the road. 20 years from now, will this basically be like people complaining about horseless carriages?

Geek/CounterGeek

Each week mild-mannered radio producers Misty Callahan and Keith Conrad talk pop culture news and debate a controversial topic in contemporary geekery: Kirk vs. Picard? Was Douglas Quaid dreaming in Total Recall? No topic is off limits.